Author:Heather Brooke
There is more information in the world than ever before - but who's in control?
At the centre sits the Establishment: governments, corporations and powerful individuals who have more knowledge about us, and more power, than ever before. Circling them is a new generation of hackers, pro-democracy campaigners and internet activists who no longer accept that the Establishment should run the show.
Award-winning journalist and campaigner Heather Brooke takes us inside the Information War and explores the most urgent questions of the digital age: where is the balance between freedom and security? In an online world, does privacy still exist? And will the internet empower individuals, or usher in a new age of censorship, surveillance and oppression?
Brooke hasn't set out to write just another inside account of the Wikileaks saga: this is a mélange of anecdote, imagination and experience designed to open our eyes to the possibility of digital change ... feisty and vivid and honest.
—— GuardianBrooke has a serious agenda and she poses serious questions ... We have been warned.
—— Financial TimesA demanding, illuminating read.
—— Independent on SundayA robust examination of the race for control of information in our digital age.
—— Sunday Times CultureShe's a total ninja.
—— Ben GoldacreWith over a decade of experience as the science correspondent for the Times, Henderson has seen it all. Today science is enjoying unprecedented coverage in the media and recognition in popular culture. Here is the account of how and why this has happened, how science works and how it is perceived, warts and all.. Fascinating stuff.
—— Jim Al-KhaliliIn this timely and important book, Mark Henderson explains why Geeks are on the march - and why the world will become a better place as a result.
—— Tim HarfordLong overdue ... If you care about science or politics you'd be a food not to read this. Five Stars.
—— Guru MagazineMark Henderson's new book shows that CP Snow's 'Two Cultures' are still all too apparent in today's society, and also charts the frustrating tussle for power between forces of irrationality and the rational over recent years. Henderson advances a compelling argument that we shouldn't be ashamed of rational thinking, but instead, we need to recognise and embrace the importance of science in our politics, education, economy and culture.
—— Professor Alice RobertsShould be required reading for those with an interest in science. But more importantly it should be read by those for whom science is a closed book or a source of suspicion.
—— The WordThe revenge of the geeks begins here. Mark's trenchant defence of facts and evidence should be read by every seeker after truth in the country.
—— David Lipsey, Labour peer and former Government advisoran entertaining call to arms for scientists, engineers, skeptics, rationalists and fans of the scientific method
—— Engineering & Technologysuperb... Required reading for those who love science and recognise the need to ‘geek the vote’
—— Douglas KellA powerfully argued case for scientific understanding and methods to play a central role in the national conversation
—— The ObserverA passionate rallying cry for more scientific, evidence-based judgment in public life
—— James Urquhart, FT WeekendEngrossing
—— New York MagazineAn idea that is so lateral and clever, so powerfully evocative and masterfully executed that the only appropriate response is fervent envy
—— New StatesmanA wonderful idea ... a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking book
—— ScotsmanFascinating, absorbing
—— Good Book GuideA quick, absorbing read - a summer beach book with brains
—— BloombergIf you can stomach only one end-of-the world-as-we-know it story this summer, none is more audacious or interesting than Alan Weisman's The World Without Us
—— The Boston GlobeHis is an extraordinary story laced with tragedy
—— Mail on Sunday[Root's] life story, vividly related here, is crammed with incident and adventure. Curious, creative and fearless, he has diced with death on numerous occasions and been mauled several times in his efforts to capture the daily lives of everything from silver-back gorillas to leopards in the wild on film. A gripping account of a life well lived
—— Good Book Guide